I just discovered that the "Gridcoin funded research" proposal looks very similar to the Einsteinium coin goal: http://ftreporter.com/what-is-einsteinium/

Einsteinium coin ($EMC2) has a market capitalization of 14 million dollars: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/einsteinium/

Gridcoin market cap is 12 million dollars:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/gridcoin/

Implementing "Gridcoin funded research", we could tap into Einsteinium market capitalization.

(I added this comment as Post Scriptum to the article, because I think it is important)